Section I-A Player Shall Not:a. Touch the ball or the basket ring when the ball is using the basket ring as its
lower base.
EXCEPTION: If a player near his own basket has his hand legally in contact
with the ball, it is not a violation if his contact with the ball continues after the ball
enters the cylinder, or if, in such action, he touches the basket.
b. Touch the ball when it is above the basket ring and within the imaginary
cylinder.
c. For goaltending to occur, the ball, in the judgment of the official, must have
a chance to score.
d. During a field goal attempt, touch a ball after it has touched any part of the
backboard above ring level, whether the ball is considered on its upward or downward
flight.
e. During a field goal attempt, touch a ball after it has touched the backboard
below the ring level and while the ball is on its upward flight.
f. Trap the ball against the face of the backboard. (To be a trapped ball, three
elements must exist simultaneously. The hand, the ball and the backboard must all
occur at the same time. A batted ball against the backboard is not a trapped ball.)
g. Touch any live ball from within the playing area that is on its downward flight
with an opportunity to touch the basket ring. This is considered to be a "field goal
attempt" or trying for a goal.
h. Touch the ball at any time with a hand which is through the basket ring.
i. Vibrate the rim or backboard so as to cause the ball to make an unnatural
bounce.
PENALTY: If the violation is at the opponent's basket, the offended team is
awarded two points, if the attempt is from the two point zone and three points if it is
from the three point zone. The crediting of the score and subsequent procedure is
the same as if the awarded score has resulted from the ball having gone through the
basket, except that the official shall hand the ball to a player of the team entitled to
the throw-in. If the violation is at a team's own basket, no points can be scored and
the ball is awarded to the offended team at the free throw line extended on either
sideline. If there is a violation by both teams, play shall be resumed by a jump ball
between any two opponents at the center circle.